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th element (html)
Screen Reader support level: supported
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About this feature
Age of results
Results across all tests for this feature range from 4 years ago to 7 years ago. Detailed dates and version information can be found in associated tests.
Caution
Failing or partial results may be out of date. The oldest result is from 6 years ago. Consider running the associated tests and contributing results.
Expectations
Screen Reader support by expectation
| Expectation | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| MUST convey the position of the header (row/column) | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| MUST convey its role | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Expectation: convey the position of the header (row/column)
Rationale:
A user needs to be able to determine where they are while navigating a table.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| HTML td element with a row header (th[scope="row"]) | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| Example 1: Table with header cells in the top row only | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Expectation: convey its role
Rationale:
A user needs to be able to determine what headers apply to a given cell.
Strength of this expectation for different types of assistive technologies:
- Screen Readers: MUST
- Voice Control: NA
Examples:
- A screen reader might announce an element as something like "<name>, <role>"
- A screen reader might imply the role by the presence of certain context roles
- Voice Control software might let the user say something like "click, <role>".
- Voice Control software might let the user say something like "show numbers", and interactive roles will be flagged with numbers.
| Test | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Edge | Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Safari | |
| HTML td element with a row header (th[scope="row"]) | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| Example 1: Table with header cells in the top row only | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported | supported |
Related features
These are features that are usually used in combination with this feature.
table element (html)
| Dragon | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | Voice Access | VC iOS | VC MacOS | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | Speech Recognition | Windows Voice Access | Windows | Mac | iOS | Android Keyboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
td element (html)
| Dragon | JAWS | Narrator | NVDA | Orca | TalkBack | Voice Access | VC iOS | VC MacOS | VoiceOver (iOS) | VoiceOver (macOS) | Speech Recognition | Windows Voice Access | Windows | Mac | iOS | Android Keyboard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| unknown | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | unknown | unknown | unknown | supported with 1 unknown result | supported with 1 unknown result | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown |
Tests
| Test | Last update |
|---|---|
| HTML td element with a row header (th[scope="row"]) | 2021-08-07 |
| Example 1: Table with header cells in the top row only | 2021-07-30 |
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